About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Valero, a regular shouted one morning, ‘I swear I saw that gas pump wink at me!’ Employees just laughed it off until customers started reporting strange noises coming from the pumps. Finally, an old delivery driver claimed he heard the pumps whispering his order before he even said it out loud. Everyone at Valero now jokes that maybe those pumps are just really good listeners—except when they accidentally play country music at full blast during refueling.
2. At Valero, an old trucker growled one night as he filled up his rig: ‘Damn thing always takes my credit card number!’ Finally, a young delivery driver asked curiously, ‘Sir, why does it keep happening?’ The old trucker grumbled, ‘Probably because I never give them my real card—just some random digits.’ Everyone laughed, realizing that Valero had become their own little joke station.
3. At Valero, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the parking lot one afternoon. Among the usual trash and discarded coffee cups, there lay a shiny golden key. The delivery driver picked it up, thinking maybe someone had lost their way home. He took it inside, showing it to his boss, who shrugged and said, ‘Must be from that new movie set down the street.’ Months later, an actor showed up asking for his car back—turns out he’d left it there filming a scene. Everyone got a good laugh over it.
4. At Valero, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered, ‘Daddy, look! The gas pump is winking at us!’ The father smiled, leaned down, and said, ‘Honey, it’s not really winking—it’s just a sensor blinking on and off.’ She nodded thoughtfully then giggled, pointing again, ‘But Daddy, it looks like it’s saying hi!’ And from that day on, whenever anyone filled up at Valero, they’d wave back at the friendly gas pump.’